Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TERRIGENOUS
Etymology
Adjective
terrigenous (not comparable)
Produced by the earth.
(geology, of a marine sediment) Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks.
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Ter*rig"e*nous, a. Etym: [L. terrigena, terrigenus; terra the earth + genere, gignere, to bring forth.]
Definition: Earthborn; produced by the earth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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